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CVE-2007-0001
The file watch implementation in the audit subsystem (auditctl -w) in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 kernel 2.6.9 allows local…
Medium4.7EPSS 0.60%
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- Updated
- Reserved
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- redhat
Description
The file watch implementation in the audit subsystem (auditctl -w) in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 kernel 2.6.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by replacing a watched file, which does not cause the watch on the old inode to be dropped.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.7 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.60% · top 51% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 33031 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9560 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 24300 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0085 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=223129 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1017705 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 22737 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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